The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a sloth pup, the first of its species to be born at the facility since 2022.

The Zoo welcomed the birth of a sloth pup in early February, making it the first of its species to be born there since 2022.

Sloths mate and give birth while hanging in the trees. Three-toed sloth babies are often seen clinging to their mothers—they travel by hanging on to them for the first nine months of their lives.

In fact, sloths sleep, mate, and even give birth all while hanging upside down on a branch. And, as you might expect, that requires some pretty extreme adaptations. Cliffe: They've got special ...

"Sloth mothers are very in tune with the needs of their newborns and will allow their pups to cling to their chest after birth so they can be cleaned off and nurse," according to the zoo's press ...

Sloths mate and give birth while hanging in the trees. Young two-toed sloths are often seen clinging to their mothers; they travel by hanging onto them for the first five weeks of their lives.

A grizzly old time is being had at the Ohio zoo as staff tend to a newborn sloth bear and drum up help for what to name her.

Bowie’s parents are mom Kushali and dad Bhutan. According to the zoo, the last birth of sloth bears was in 2022 when Kushali gave birth to her first offspring—a son and daughter who continue ...